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Sahih Bukhari 5117 — Permission of Mut'ah in an Army
Allah's Messenger (saws) prohibited Nikah-al-Mut'a lately.
Hadith About Mut'ah Permission While in an Army
Sahih Bukhari : 5117
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5117
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ عَمْرٌو عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، وَسَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ، قَالاَ كُنَّا فِي جَيْشٍ فَأَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " إِنَّهُ قَدْ أُذِنَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَسْتَمْتِعُوا فَاسْتَمْتِعُوا ".
Jabir bin `Abdullah and Salama bin Al-Akwa` Narrated from:
While we were in an army, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to us and said, "You have been allowed to do the Mut'a (marriage), so do it."
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5117, 5118In-book reference : Book 67, Hadith 54USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 62, Hadith 52
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5117
This hadith about Mut'ah permission reports from Jabir bin Abdullah and Salama bin Al-Akwa that they were in an army. Allah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم came to them and said that they had been allowed to do Mut'ah, so they could do it. The wording is tied to that setting: they were in an army, and the statement says permission had been given to them. The hadith should be explained without hiding that permission is mentioned, and without ignoring related narrations that discuss later cancellation when those narrations are cited separately. For searches such as Mut'ah allowed hadith and army Mut'ah hadith, this report shows a specific permission in the text.
What we learn from this hadith
- The narration places the companions in an army.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told them that Mut'ah had been allowed to them.
- The wording should be kept tied to the report’s setting.
- Related reports about later cancellation should be named separately when discussed.
